Niño del Mar Coching Volante (born January 25, 1978), better known as Nyoy Volante (), is a Filipino acoustic pop singer-songwriter and actor.

Early life and education

Nyoy Volante was born as Niño del Mar Coching Volante on January 25, 1978, to parents Oliver Volante and Evangeline Coching Volante. He had a sister nicknamed Nyay. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Technical Theater degree from De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde. After graduation, he worked with prominent performance groups like Gantimpala Theater and Filipino theater actress Monique Wilson’s New Voice Company. He worked in lights, sound and production design, occasionally stumbling upon small directorial gigs.

Career

Volante started his career at the early 2000s. His famous songs are ''Nasaan Ka Na'', ''

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'' and ''Someday''. In 2015, he was one of the eight contestants of the first season of ''Your Face Sounds Familiar'', and made his acting debut on

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in the TV series '' Ningning''. He played Lola, the title character in Atlantis Productions' '' Kinky Boots'' musical in 2018 and 2019 at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, Makati. Since the second season of ''Kids'', he has been the choreography mentor of ''

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''.

Personal life

Volante had a relationship with fellow Filipino singer Nina but their relationship ended in 2007. In 2009, she sued Volante's parents with an alleged estafa case after they failed to settle their 1.4-million peso debt. On February 24, 2016, he married Filipino theater actress Mikkie Bradshaw at the

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, Manila. He is stepfather to his wife's daughter Sofie.

Filmography

Television

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Digital

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, 2018) * '' Lyric and Beat'' as Wolfgang Aragon (

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Film

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

References

External links

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